Building on the Aarhus Declaration on Voluntary Work in Sport that was agreed by the EU-15 sports ministers in November 2003 and is confirming the importance and necessity ensuring that the role of voluntary work in sport must be maintained, now the European Commission, Directorate General for Education and Culture (DG EAC), and the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), have recently launched a study on volunteering in the EU.